Table 4.
Reasons for Transfer from Home Modality to Facility-based Hemodialysis Before and After April 1, 2020
| Reason | July 1, 2018-December 31, 2019 (Total n = 1,294) |
April 1, 2020-September 30, 2021 (Total n = 1,437) |
P Valuea |
|---|---|---|---|
| N (%) | N (%) | ||
| Peritoneal dialysis related | 259 (20.0) | 279 (19.4) | 0.7 |
| Peritonitis | 95 (7.3) | 132 (9.2) | 0.08 |
| Other abdominal complications | 79 (6.1) | 72 (5.0) | 0.2 |
| Other complications related to PD | 85 (6.6) | 75 (5.2) | 0.1 |
| Home hemodialysis related | <10 | <10 | 0.6 |
| Hemodialysis access failure | Supp. | Supp. | 0.3 |
| Cardiovascular instability | Supp. | Supp. | 0.7 |
| Miscellaneous | |||
| Inadequate dialysis | 68 (5.3) | 82 (5.7) | 0.6 |
| Transferred to originally intended treatment | 105 (8.1) | 126 (8.8) | 0.6 |
| Dialysis recipient/family unable to cope with current treatment | 76 (5.9) | 62 (4.3) | 0.06 |
| Resource/geographical | 35 (2.7) | 84 (5.8) | <0.001 |
| Left country | Supp. | Supp. | 0.5 |
| “Other” reason | 726 (56.1) | 779 (54.2) | 0.3 |
Number of missing reasons for transfers: prepandemic period = 17; pandemic period = 19.
% = number of transfer from home dialysis to facility-based hemodialysis for given reason in period/total transfers in period.
Bolded rows denote aggregate (summary) totals, with subsequent rows representing the contributing components.
Abbreviation: Supp., suppressed for privacy because of insufficient cell size.
Mean number of participants at risk per month: prepandemic period = 2,675.9; pandemic period = 2,713.8.
a
As calculated from 2 sample z test for proportions (2-sided).